(a) Loss of interest by tender; 10 per cent. from borrower for school fund. (b) Contract void; punishable as misdemeanor. (d) Defendant also forfeits 10 per cent. a year to school fund. Statutes of Limitation. (The first figure after each State indicates lim- | 6, 10; Mississippi, 3, 6, 7; Missouri, 5, 10, 10; Monitation, in years, on open accounts; the second, on notes and contracts; the third, on judgments.) Alabama, 3, 6, 20; Alaska, 6, 6, 10; Arkansas, 3, 5. 10; Arizona, 3, 5, 5; California, 2, 4, 5; Colorado, 6, 6, 6; Connecticut, 6, 6, 17; Delaware, 3, 6, 20; District of Columbia, 3, 3, 12; Florida, 4, 5, 20; Georgia, 4, 6, 10; Idaho, 4, 5, 6; Illinois, 5, 10, 20; Indiana, 6, 10, 20; Iowa, 5, 10, 20; Kansas, 3, 5, 5; Kentucky, 5, 15, 15; Louisiana, 3, 5, 10; Maine, 6, 6 (witnessed note, 20), 20; Maryland, 3, 3, 12; Massachusetts, 6, 6, 20; Michigan, 6, 6, 10; Minnesota, 6, tana, 5, 8, 10; Nebraska, 4, 5, 5; Nevada, 2, 6, 5; New Hampshire, 6, 6, 20; New Jersey, 6, 6, 20; New Mexico, 4, 6, 7; New York, 6, 6, 20; North Carolina 3, 3, 10; North Dakota, 6, 8, 20; Ohio, 6, 15, 21; Oklahoma, 3, 5, 2; Oregon, 6, 6, 10; Pennsylvania, 6, 6 (judgments renewable indefinitely); Rhode Island, 6, 6, 20; South Carolina, 6, 6, 20; South Dakota, 6, 6, 20; Tennessee, 6, 6, 10; Texas, 2, 4, 10; Utah, 4, 6, 8; Vermont, 6, 6, 20; Virginia, 2, 5, 8: Washington, 3, 6, 6: West Virginia, 5, 10, 10; Wisconsin, 6, 6, 20; Wyoming, 8, 4, 5 (may be revived). Legal Holidays. (Revised to January 1, 1899.) January 1, New Year's Day-In all the States except Colorado, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. January 8, Anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans-In Louisiana. January 19, Lee's Birthday-In Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. February 12, Lincoln's Birthday-In Connecticut, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Washington. February 22, Washington's Birthday-In all the States except Colorado, Iowa, Mississippi, and New Mexico. February 14, 1899, Mardi Gras -Alabama and Louisiana. March 2, Anniversary of Texan Independence-In Texas. March 4, Firemen's Anniversary-In New Orleans, La. March 4 (in every fourth year), Inauguration Day-In Washington, D. C. April, first Wednesday in, State Election Day-In Rhode Island. March 31, 1899, Good Friday-In Alabama, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. April 15, Arbor Day-In Utah. April 19, Patriots' Day-In Massachusetts. April 21, Anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto-In Texas. May 20, Anniversary of the Signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence-In North Carolina. May 30, Decoration Day-In Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Washington, and Wyoming. June 3, Jefferson Davis's Birthday -In Florida. July 4, Independence Day-In all the States except Colorado. July 24, Pioneers' Day-In Utah. August 16, Bennington Battle Day-In Vermont. September, first Monday in, Labor Day-In Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. In Wisconsin the Governor is authorized to set apart a day each year to be observed as Labor Day. September 9, Admission Day-In California. October 31, Admission in the Union Day-In Nevada. General Election Day-In Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Okla homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. November 25, Labor Day-In Louisiana. November, last Thursday in, Thanksgiving Day-Is observed in all the States, though in some it is not a statutory holiday. December 25, Christmas Day-In all the States except Colorado. Sundays and Fast Days, whenever appointed, are legal holidays in nearly all the States. Arbor Day is a legal holiday in Kansas, North Dakota, Rhode Island, and Wyoming, the day being set by the Governor. In Nebraska, April 22; California, September 9; Colorado, on the third Friday in April, and Idaho, Friday after May 1. In New Mexico there are no legal holidays established by statute, and in Delaware no State holidays. Every Saturday after 12 o'clock noon is a legal holiday in Connecticut, Florida, Maine, New York, and New Jersey, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, Washington, Annapolis, Md.; Charleston County, S. C.; Wilmington, Del., and the county of Newcastle, except St. George's Hundred; every city in Missouri with 100,000 inhabitants, and every city or municipality in Ohio having 50,000 or more inhabitants. City of New Orleans, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, June 1 to September 30. Saturday afternoon is a holiday during June, July, and August in every city of Colorado having a population of 100,000 or over. The afternoon of November 23 is a half-holiday in Frederick County, Md. Congress has at various times appointed special holidays, and has recognized the existence of certain days as holidays for commercial purposes, in such legislation as the Bankruptcy Act, but there is no general statute on the subject. The proclamation of the President designating a day of thanksgiving makes it a holiday only in those States which provide by law for it. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. THE METRIC SYSTEM. The metric system was first adopted by France in 1840. Since then it has been obligatory by law in the following countries: Argentine Republic, Austria, Austro-Hungary, Brazil, British India, Congo Free State, Chili, Costa Rica, Dutch Colonies, East Indies, Ecuador, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hayti, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, New Grenada, Mauritius, Mexico, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, United States of Colombia, Romania, Uruguay and Venezuela. The population of these countries is about 550,000,000. The system is partly in use in Denmark and its colonies. It is lawful in Great Britain and her colonies, in Belgium, Bavaria and in this country, but is not compulsory. It is, however, obligatory in the Marine Hospital service of this country. Russia is the only country in which the metric system is not allowed. The population of the Russian Empire is 126,000,000. Primary Unit. The unit of the metric system is the metre, which is the 1-10,000,000 part of the quadrant of the meridian, or the distance from th equator to the pole. The metre is the unit of linear measure. The are, 10 metres squarea, is the unit of land measure. The stere, or cubic metre, is the unit for large bulks of dry substances. The litre, or the cube on one-tenth metre, is unit for liquid and dry measure. The gram is the unit of measures of weight and is the weight of 1 cubic-centimetre (1-1,000 part cf a litre) of pure water at 4 degrees centigrade. The metric system was legalized in the United States on July 28, 1866. Congress enacted as follows: "The tables in the schedule hereto annexed shall be recognized in the construction of contracts, and in all legal proceedings, as establishing, in terms of the weights and measures now in use in the United States, the equivalents of the weights and measures expressed therein in terms of the metric system, and the tables may lawfully be used for computing, determining and expressing in custo nary weights and measures the weights and measures of the metric system." The following are the tables annexed to the above: =1 pound. Domestic Weights and Measures. APOTHECARIES' WEIGHT.-20 grains=1 scruple; 3 scruples=1 dram; 8 drams=1 ounce; 12 ounces AVOIRDUPOIS VEIGHT (short ton).-27 11-32 grains 1 dram; 16 drams=1 ounce; 16 ounces=1 pound; 25 pounds=1_quarter: 4 quarters 1 cwt.; 20 cwt.=1 ton. AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHT (long ton).-27 11-32 grains 1 dram; 16 drams=1 ounce; 16 ounces=1 pound; 112 pounds=1 cwt.; 20 cwt.=1 ton. TROY WEIGHT.-24 grains=1 pennyweight; 20 pennyweights=1 ounce; 12 ounces-1 pound. CIRCULAR MEASURE.-60 seconds=1 minute; 60 minutes=1 degree; 30 degrees=1 sign; 12 signs= 1 circle. CUBIC MEASURE.-1,728 cubic inches=1 cubic foot; 27 cubic feet-1 cubic yard. DRY MEASURE.-2 pints=1 quart; 8 quarts=1 peck; 4 pecks=1 bushel. LIQUID MEASURE.-4 gills=1 pint; 2 pints=1 quart; 4 quarts=1 gallon; 31% gallons=1 barrel; 2 barrels 1 hogshead. LONG MEASURE.-12 inches-1 foot; 3 feet-1 yard; 5% yards=1 rod or pole; 40 rods=1 furlong, 8 furlongs=1 statute mile; 3 miles=1 league. MARINERS' MEASURE.-6 feet-1 fathom: 120 fathoms=1 cable length; 71⁄2 cable lengths=1 mile; 5,280 feet-1 statute mile; 6.085 feet-1 nautical mile. SQUARE MEASURE.-144 square inches=1 square foot; 9 square feet-1 square yard; 304 square yards=1 square rod or perch; 40 square rods=1 rood; 4 roods=1 acre; 640 acres 1 square mile; 36 square miles (6 miles square)=1 township. TIME MEASURE. 60 seconds=1 minute; 60 minutes=1 hour; 24 hours=1 day; 7 days=1 week 365 days=1 year; 366 days 1 leap year. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. The following is a summary of weights and measures in use among the principal nations of the globe, with their equivalents in the standards of the United States: Arabia (Mocha).-Length: the guz=25 inches; the covid-19 inches; the kassaba=4.1 yards. Liquids: 128 vakias=8 nusfias=1 gudda=2 gallons. Weights: 40 yakias=1 maund=3 pounds avoirdupoís; and 150 maunds=15 frazils=1 bahar=450 pounds. The weights of Egypt are used in some parts. Argentine Republic (See Spain).-Metric system legal and used in customs. Obligatory. Austria.-Length: 1.728 punkte=144 linien=12 zoll=1 fuss-1.0371 feet; 6 fuss-1 klafter; and 4,000 klafter 1 meile=4.7142 miles. Surface: 1,600 square klafter=1 joch=1.4223 acre. Liquid: 80 kannen= 10 masse=4 viertel-1 eimer=14.95 gallons; and 32 eimer=1 fuder. Dry: 16 mühlmäassel-8 achtel=4 viertel 1 metze=1.745 bushels; and 30 metzen-1 muth. Weight: 1 loth=270.2 grains; and 32 loth=16 unzen=4 vierding=2 mark=1 pfund=1.2352 pound. The measures differ in some parts; the French measures, under different names, were made legal in 1876. Obligatory. Baden.-The fuss is 0.9842 feet; the stütze, 3.963 gallons; the malter, 4.257 bushels=15 déckalitres; the pfund, 1.1029 pound avoirdupois. Metric system since 1872. Bavaria.-The fuss is 0.9517 feet; the eimer, 16.944 gallons; the scheffel, 6.31 bushels; the pfund, 1.2346 pound. Metric system since 1872. Belgium. Since 1820, the French weights and measures, but retaining mainly the Dutch names; as, aune or elle for metre; litron or kan for litre; livre or pond for kilogram. In weight, the denominations, ascending by tens, are the korrel, wigtje, lood, ons, and the pond=2.20486 pounds. Surface: 100 square elles=1 are=119.6033 square yards. The cubic elle=1 stere=1.308 cubic yard. Bohemia.-The Prague foot-11.88 inches. The measures are generally those of Austria. Brazil-In general, those of Portugal. But of Brazil pounds, 99-100 pounds avoirdupois; 5 varas =6 yards. The medida=3-5 gallon; the alqueire=1.135 bushel; the mark=7.3781 ounces troy. Metric system now legal and obligatory. Bremen.-The fuss is 11.386 inches; the morgen, 0.6343 acre; the viertel, 1.915 gallon; the scheffel, 2.102 bushels; the pfund=2 mark=16 unzen=32loth=1.0986 pounds avoirdupois. (See Germany. Canada and other British Possessions in North America.-The weights and measures are those of Great Britain. Metric system legal, but not obligatory. Cape of Good Hope.-The Dutch standards were formerly in use, but are now mainly superseded by the English. Chili.-In general, those of Spain. Metric system legal and obligatory. China.-Length: 100 fans-10 tsuns=1 chik or covid=13.125 inches; and 100 chiks 10 cheungs or fathoms 1 yan=109.4 feet. Liquid: 100 kops=10 sbings-12 catties=1 tau=1.318 gallons; and 10 taus=1 hwuh=13.18 gallons. Weight: 16 taels=1 catty or pound=1%1⁄2 pound avoirdupois: 100 catties=1 pecul or tam=133% pounds. Cuba. Generally, those of Spain. In trade are also used 100 libras=4 arrobas=1 quintal=101.75 pounds avoirdupois; the vara=33.333 inches; the fanega=2.9 bushels; the arroba for wine, 3.42 gallons. Denmark.-Length: 144 linies-12 tommes=1 fod=1.0298 feet; and 24,000 fods=12.000alens=1 miil =4.68 miles. Liquid: 8 potts=4 kandes=2.041 gallons. Dry: 36 potts 2 skjeppens=1 fjerding=0.990 bushels; and 88 fjerdings=22 töndes=1 last=86.84 bushels. Weight: 32 orts=1 unze=1.1029 ounces avoirdupois; and 16 unzes=2 marks=1 pund=1.1029 pounds; 16 punds=1 lispund; 20 lispunds=1 skippund 352.9 pounds. East Indies (Bengal, Calcutta).-Length: 36 jows 12 ungleez=3 moots or hands=1 span=9 inches; and 8 spans 4 cubits-2 guz or vards=1 fathom: 1,000 fathoms 1 coss-13-22 miles. Weight (bazaar): 80 siccas 16 chittacks 1 seer-2.0533 pounds and 40 seers=1 maund. In Madras, the marcal is 3.25 gallons; the vis, 3,125 pounds. In Bombay, the hath is 18 inches; the parah, 3.33 bushels; the seer. 0.7 pound. Many other variations, of course, exist in the different districts and islands. The metric system is now legalized, but the kilogramme is called ser. Special weights and measures may be authorized by the governor-general, but must be a multiple or submultiple of the above. Egypt. The common cubit=22.667 inches; that for Indian goods, 25 inches; for European cloths, 26.5 inches. Dry: 24 rubahs 6 weybehs=1 ardeb=5.00 bushels. Weight: 144 dirrhems=12 ukkiyehs=1 pound or rutl 15.75 ounces avoirdupois; and 100 rutis=1 cantar. The weights and measures vary, however, in different parts. France.-Length: 1,000 millimetres=100 centimetres=10 decimetres=1 metre=39.37079 inches; and 10,000 metres=1,000 decametres=100 hectometres-10 kilometres=1 myriametre=6.21382 miles. 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